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This true story begins on Valentine's Day, 1961. 14 years old, Claudette Carolyn Covey went missing from Hondo, Texas. On Halloween evening, 1961, Claudette's remains were discovered eight miles from town in a field. She had been shot twice in the head. From the beginning, town folks believed that she was murdered by the corrupt sheriff or his 18-year-old son, whom she was dating. Because of the corrupt sheriff's influence, no one was ever charged...
2) Encoded
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It's been said the code was never deciphered. That's not true. As an introvert growing up in Lakehurst, NJ, the tragic loss of a close friend forced me to understand how consequence and conscience are akin to the Roman god Janus-both sides of the same coin. 1972 became the genesis of my father's immersion into the macabre Grace Cohen case, a troubled young girl who wrestled with her inner demons and vanished from Horicon Lake. Her vexing disappearance...
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The lives and dreadful deeds of 20 horrific medical serial killers, including:Genene Jones: a truly monstrous paediatric nurse who murdered as many as 47 babies and children entrusted to her care.Glennon Engleman:a rather unconventional dentist who moonlighted as a hitman and murder-for-profit killer.Michael Swango: a deadly doctor who took genuine pleasure in poisoning his patients and colleagues. Killed at least 60 in an intercontinental murder...
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18 Shocking True Crime Stories of the World's Worst Serial Killers. Included in this volume;David Carpenter: Known as the Trailside Killer, Carpenter turned the hiking trails and beauty spots around San Francisco into his personal killing fields.Catherine Wilson: This Victorian poisoner might have gotten away with four murders, had she not decided to change her venom of choice – to sulphuric acid!Kieran Kelly: A deadly tramp, Kelly employed a unique...
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Murder in Oregon: Notorious Crime Sites is a visual return to 75 infamous murder scenes profiling the shocking and detailed narratives behind each tragedy.The State of Oregon has been the residence of numerous infamous serial killers including Randy Woodfield, Keith Jesperson (Smiley Faced Killer), Jerry Brudos (Shoe Fetish Killer) and Scott William Cox. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. Long after the screaming headlines...
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***Please note: This ebook edition does not contain the photos found in the print edition.***
Amidst the breathtaking natural beauty of Yosemite National Park, four terrifying killings took place. For months, law enforcement officials were stumped by the deaths of three tourists: Carole Sund, her teenaged daughter Juli, and a family friend, Silvina Pelosso. But when they found the decapitated body and head of 26-year-old naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong,...
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Murder in California: Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders profiles some of California's most infamous murder cases. The edition photographically transports you to actual murder sites along with images related to the case and perpetrator(s).The images and accompanying profiles offer a descriptive account and follow-up aftermath providing an important understanding into the far-reaching effects of each crime. Convicted killers and their confirmed victims...
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This is how it all began, the story that captivated the Nation and became one of the most Infamous Crimes of the Century. This was the story of Caylee Marie Anthony, a beautiful child taken way too early. When all was said and done, nobody paid for the crime, nobody was incarcerated or accused, and Nobody knew the truth. Or did they?
There was a story that went UN-published of a young gentleman who became deeply attached to the case that just might...
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As idyllic as eastern Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley may be, there's an unexpected dark side. Serial killers, mass murderers, violent gangs and outright hit men have all operated here, along with high-profile family killers. Even before these incidents, there were several Indian massacres and some homicides that made forensic history. In these pages Katherine, in collaboration with Northampton County coroner Zachary Lysek, looks at historical and contemporary...
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Elisa Lam was a 21-year-old Canadian student at the University of Brish Columbia whose body was discovered in a water tank atop the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles. She had been reported missing for over a month when maintenance workers finally discovered her body when the tenants began complaining bout the water supply. Her mysterious disappearance became an Internet phenomenon, which showcased elevator security footage of Lam talking and gesturing outside....
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18 Shocking True Crime Stories of the World's Worst Serial Killers. Included in this volume;John Eric Armstrong: A psychopathic sailor who traveled the world with the US Navy, racking up kills in every port he visited, from Hawaii to Hong Kong.George Joseph Smith: This truly heartless killer who preyed on lonely spinsters, killing them by an ingeniously original method.Faryion Wardrip: He was considered a pillar of the community in Wichita Falls,...
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La oscuridad llega a esta pequeña ciudad de la costa, donde una familia encuentra una sobreviviente de un secuestro a la que han abandonado creyéndola muerta en una vinera. La mujer está desnuda y tiene un collar hecho a mano con marcas distinguidas. La situación empeora cuando empiezan a aparecer cadáveres de mujeres, todas con marcas similares en el cuerpo. El asesino deja claves en todas sus víctimas para jugar con las autoridades en este...
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Examine the evidence in this volume of notorious true crimes that remain unsolved, from mystifying heists to shocking murders and more.
Cold Cases: A True Crime Collection features case file facts, fascinating details, and chilling testimonies of the world's most famous cold cases. Written for true crime junkies and armchair detectives, this book delves into the investigations of JonBenét Ramsey, the Black Dahlia, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum...
14) Jack the Ripper
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This is a book about Jack the Ripper, who was unidentified serial killer active in and around impoverished Whitechapel district of London, Englandin 1888. In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts , the killer was also called the Whitechapel muderer .Attacks ascribed to Jack the Ripper typically involved women working as prostitues who lived and worked in the slums of the East End of London.I create this book in eight...
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Sinister Script - How Handwriting Exposes Evil is a 127 page eBook (27,849) written by Charles T. Richardson, a certified handwriting analyst with nearly 50 years of experience in graphology. The book contains four chapters and footnotes, detailed endnotes, a glossary of handwriting analysis terms, an extensive bibliography and a thorough index. Many samples of handwriting, along with photos, are used to explain the text. The first two chapters introduce...
16) The Deadly Dozen
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The Shocking True Crime Stories of the 12 Worst Serial Killers in American HistoryDavid Berkowitz: Known as the "Son of Sam," Berkowitz was a deeply disturbed young man who prowled the streets of New York dispensing death with his .44 caliber revolver.William Bonin: One of a trio of deadly psychopaths who trawled the freeways of Southern California during the late 70's and early 80's. Bonin was a depraved child killer who abducted, raped and tortured...
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This book is written by a Forensic Psychiatrist who worked with themost notorious serial killers in the UK. All stories are real. It describes the secrets of serial killers and"cold cases" in the UK and USA, which are still not solved. It will help you to recognise a serial killer and their motivation to kill.Methods of killings and category of killers by geography. Booked based on the real stories from the high secure prison in the UK. It will also...
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The true crime author of The Bundy Murders provides an in-depth look at the notorious serial killer and his victims through revealing new interviews.
Though the true number of his victims may never be known, Ted Bundy took the lives of at least thirty young women and girls across the United States. He often targeted college students, leaving a trail of devastation from the University of Washington in the Pacific Northwest all the way to Florida State...
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One morning in July 1974, Anita Andrews, the owner and bartender at Fagiani's Cocktail Lounge in Napa, California, was found dead in her bar-raped, beaten, and stabbed to death in a bloody frenzy.
Meanwhile a month after Anita's murder, young Michele Wallace, was driving down a road in the mountains near Crested Butte, Colorado, when she gave two stranded motorists, including a man named Roy, a ride. She was never seen alive again.
Fourteen years...
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1 corinthians 10:13, niv
"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."
Amber Frey's life was full of blessings: an exciting new business, a beautiful home, and most of all, her infant daughter, Ayiana. But Amber had been through some unhappy relationships, and she...
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